Filed under: animals, cats, dogs, life, pets, photography | Tags: animals, cats, dogs, pets, photography
this sums it up for daily life:
cat sleeping
dog playing
me, well, i’m leaving for work. i got out of work early yesterday and i bet i will today, too. that way i can either join the cat with a nap, or play tug with cody bear!
Filed under: agility, animals, blogs, canine, dogs, mutts, pets, photography | Tags: agility, animals, dogs, pets, photography, wine
to find out why we’re so tired, you can catch cody bear’s blog later. but, to sum it up…agility drained us emotionally and made us both unfashionably hungry. here is a shot of cody bear, post agility class:
“please mommy, put more kibble in my molecuball.” oh, and here’s a bottle of wine…we’ll get to that…
but first, the dog. alot of people take agility class to exercise their dogs. i have to exercise my dog before and after agility class. that’s fine, we love it, but….i’m super tired.
back to the wine….and how it relates to agility class. so,….there was a dog fight tonight, cody bear was NOT involved. we were in a separate area, fortunately. if there hadn’t been a fence dividing us, i know he would have pounced. it taxed my nerves. so, maybe a person thinks they NEED a taste of the grape after that….
as it just so happens, last night i was shopping and i popped across that dog tail fire hydrant red! so, needing a tibble after a spastic class of more unruly dogs and “missy comes” i popped open that screw top. it was really tasty. so much better than the washington state merlot i chanced a few days ago. muffled the raw dog nerve a bit, too. and of course the label is cute.
ok, if you’re interested in cody bear’s agility class: poddler.wordpress.com
Filed under: animals, blogs, dogs, flowers, gardening, life, pets, photography, plants | Tags: animals, dog training, dogs, gardening, kibble, life, pets, photography
i have been carrying a 30 lb. bag of wellness dog food in the trunk of my car for about a week now. i kept forgetting it was there, but this morning the kibble bin was nothing but crumbs. cody bear waits patiently by the front security door. i have told him to wait, then i close it, but don’t latch it.
as i carry the kibble in, i tell him to “open”. he timidly nudges at first, …
then, once he gets his head through, he puts his shoulders into it….
once he opens the door, he realizes i’m carrying his breakfast and immediately goes back inside. i loaded up his molecuball, left for work while he crunched away. now he is probably sitting on his day bad, watching the cats and birds through his window. it is good to be a dog.
regarding the plant:
that is some type of sedum. its flowering and i think i will take a couple cuttings from it. as you can see by the root action sprouting from the bottom, that plant is looking for more out of life than just one terra cotta pot!
Filed under: animals, blogs, dog, dogs, life, pets, work | Tags: animals, blogging, cats, dogs, life, pets, snakes, work
it was a long day. not bad, just long. probably the most exciting thing was seeing the 5 foot long red tail boa out my window at work. the most comforting thing? the 10 minutes after the alarm clock went off this morning. i hit the snooze button, the cat starts purring and the dog snuggles up tighter.
so here’s tuesday’s recap:
cat trying to get me to stop working:
snake arrives on the scene at work:
the dog after a walk, trying to trick me into walking him AGAIN:
and self portrait:
perhaps we’ll round it off with another recent graduate from my pet therapy class:
i left out a minor vehicular sorrow, but you have heard enough of that. the only difference: it was the work vehicle this time. and….it only cost me 1.99. why, when my car dies its 1000.00, but the work truck….1.99? oh well.
Filed under: farms, life, photography, sisters, wine | Tags: cars, life, travel, wine
as i mentioned a couple days ago, vacation in so called”wine country” wasn’t what i expected.
we show up at this winery, the one with the old car, and it just….was weird.
the guy ignored us when we walked in.(for quite sometime. we almost walked out) they had portas, and …when i asked which wine went well with chocolate…he produced a piece of candy, told me i had to split it between the 3 of us and then cut it with a pocket knife.
the place was a wreck! i’ve wanted to do a wine tour for so long, and this place, well….it sucked. messy place, jerky guy. the next two wineries had nice people and one was very pretty. but ultimately, it was still heaps of fun…because i was with people i love.
poor neglected cody bear! with all my travels, work and goofing off, he’s been kind of mopey.
2 days till agility, but i have to spoil him somehow before that. he can’t wait two days to have raucous good fun.
i think that’s why he got in the garbage. i wish i could let him romp in the snow with checkers!
Filed under: animals, flat stanley, life, nature, pets, wildlife, work | Tags: animals, pets, photography, reptiles, snakes, wildlife
i was looking out the second story window at work today,….just working. and all of a sudden i see a 5 foot snake slithering below the window. then i notice the guy.
i run down the stairs, jumping down the last few and grab my powershot. it was so cool. i got to pet the snake. she is a brazilian red-tail boa. i THINK that’s what he said. he was just out…giving her some exercise. apparently she was a rescue pet. abandoned in someone’s basement.
it totally made my day, seeing that snake. i only wish i had thought to take flat stanley’s picture with it!
she was a fine snake.
sorry drunk bunny, i didn’t read the monday post till tuesday. so, here it is….
…teapot at malasian restaurant!
Filed under: life, photography, travel | Tags: church, photography, religion, travel
here is another picture from my travels.
i don’t have any great caption to go with it. i know more pics would have turned out if i had a tripod with me. i know this chapel was packed with people: half tourists with cameras, half actual church goers touching base with god.
it was very ornate and peaceful. i want to go back already!
Filed under: animals, blogs, chow chow, dogs, love, pets, photography | Tags: animals, blogs, dogs, pets, photography
while i realize that, yes, cody bear did get into the garbage today and that is very bad, i can’t just NOT blog about him. that’s just wrong!
i have posted pictures of all these pretty places, and have neglected uploading pictures of my pretty dog. so here they are….pictures of a tired and remorseful cody bear taken in a dark room close to midnight. in one picture he looks like he is hoping for forgiviness, and in one, he looks like he doesn’t care. “go ahead, crazy lady, have a grudge.”
“does the camera mean you have forgiven me and think i’m cute again?”
“seriously, it was just a piece of garbage. you were done with it, anyway. how long are you going to continue this foolish silent treatment?”
“i’m done. wake me when you’re over this emotional upheaval and let me know when we can resume snuggling.”
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